Plaintiff
names the following as Defendants: (1) Chester V. Huffman, a
Major at the Jail; (2) John H. Bush, a Major at the Jail; (3)
Cassandra Haynes, a Captain at the Jail; (4) Randall
Williams, a doctor at the Jail; (5) Krystal/Christy Johnson,
a nurse at the Jail; and (6) Heather Ashley, a nurse at the
Jail. (See doc. no. 1, pp. 1-3, 4.) Taking all of
Plaintiff's factual allegations as true, as the Court
must for purposes of the present screening, the facts are as
follows.

Plaintiff
is a pretrial detainee at the Jail who awoke on January 6,
2018, with a sharp pain in his back tooth. (Id. at
5.) Nurse Johnson saw him in the medical department on
January 8, 2018, and gave him a seven-day supply of Tylenol,
which eased the pain but did not address the underlying
problem with his tooth, and his face began to
swell.[1] (Id.) On January 15, 2018, Nurse
Ashley prescribed a seven-day supply of Amoxicillin, but
swelling persisted in his face and jaw. (Id.) Both
nurses told Plaintiff he could only receive Tylenol for seven
days per month, but they would put him on the list to see a
dentist. (Id.)

By
February 11, 2018, Plaintiff had not seen a dentist, but his
ear had started hurting. (Id.) Plaintiff could
hardly sleep from the pain, but Nurse Johnson only gave him a
four-day supply of Tylenol. (Id.) By February 28,
2018, Plaintiff still had not seen the dentist, but he now
had blood and puss draining from his ear. (Id.)
Nurse Johnson told Plaintiff to put in a sick call slip and
buy some Tylenol from the commissary. (Id.)
Plaintiff continued to complain about his ear and reported
ringing and loss of hearing in his ear. (Id. at 6.)
On March 4, 2018, Nurse Ashley looked in Plaintiff's ear,
told him it was infected but antibiotics should clear it up,
and told him his ear drum was not ruptured. (Id.)

On
March 9, 2018, Plaintiff saw Dr. Williams, who told Plaintiff
he had a broken, infected tooth with an exposed root, and two
other bad teeth. (Id.) However, Dr. Williams would
only order a stronger antibiotic and would not send Plaintiff
to the dentist because the broken tooth had to be cut out.
(Id.) Dr. Williams also looked in Plaintiff's
ear and said his eardrum was ruptured, just days after Nurse
Ashley told him the eardrum was not ruptured. (Id.
at 6-7.) Plaintiff has offered to pay for going to the
dentist, but as of the date of signing the complaint, he
still had not been seen by the dentist. (Id. at 7.)
Plaintiff is now “completely deaf” in his left
ear. (Id.)

Plaintiff
has written letters and grievances to Defendants Huffman,
Bush, and Haynes, but they have not made sure that he is seen
by a dentist, or done anything about Plaintiff's hearing.
(Id. at 6-7.) Plaintiff seeks compensatory and
punitive damages from each Defendant. (Id. at 7-8.)

Liberally
construing Plaintiff's allegations in his favor and
granting him the benefit of all reasonable inferences to be
derived from the facts alleged, the Court finds that
Plaintiff has arguably stated an Eighth Amendment claim for
deliberate indifference to a serious medical need against
Defendants Williams, Johnson, and Ashley.[2]See Farmer v.
Brennan, 511 U.S. 824, 834-39 (1994). Accordingly,
process shall issue as to these three Defendants. In a
companion Report and Recommendation, the Court recommends
dismissal of Defendants Huffman, Bush, and Haynes.

II.
INSTRUCTIONS

IT
IS HEREBY ORDERED that service of process shall be
effected on Defendants Williams, Johnson, and Ashley. The
United States Marshal shall mail a copy of the complaint
(doc. no. 1) and this Order by first-class mail and request
that each Defendant waive formal service of the summons.
Fed.R.Civ.P. 4(d). Individual defendants have a duty to avoid
unnecessary costs of serving the summons, and if a defendant
fails to comply with the request for waiver, the defendant
must bear the costs of personal service unless good cause can
be shown for failure to return the waiver. Fed.R.Civ.P.
4(d)(2). A defendant whose return of the waiver is timely
does not have to answer the complaint until sixty days after
the date the Marshal mails the request for waiver.
Fed.R.Civ.P. 4(d)(3). However, service must be effected
within ninety days of the date of this Order, and the failure
to do so may result in the dismissal of any unserved
defendant or the entire case. Fed.R.Civ.P. 4(m). Plaintiff is
responsible for providing sufficient information for the
Marshal to identify and locate each Defendant to effect
service.

IT
IS FURTHER ORDERED Plaintiff shall serve upon the
defendants, or upon their defense attorney(s) if appearance
has been entered by counsel, a copy of every further pleading
or other document submitted to the Court. Plaintiff shall
include with the papers to be filed a certificate stating the
date a true and correct copy of any document was mailed to
the defendants or their counsel. Fed.R.Civ.P. 5; Loc. R. 5.1.
Every pleading shall contain a caption setting forth the name
of the court, the title of the action, and the file number.
Fed.R.Civ.P. 10(a). Any paper received by a District Judge or
Magistrate Judge that has not been properly filed with the
Clerk of Court or that fails to include a caption or
certificate of service will be returned.

It is
Plaintiff's duty to cooperate fully in any discovery that
may be initiated by the defendants. Upon being given at least
five days notice of the scheduled deposition date, Plaintiff
shall appear and permit his deposition to be taken and shall
answer, under oath and solemn affirmation, any question that
seeks information relevant to the subject matter of the
pending action. Failing to answer questions at the deposition
or giving evasive or incomplete responses to questions will
not be tolerated and may subject Plaintiff to severe
sanctions, including dismissal of this case. The
defendants shall ensure Plaintiff's deposition and any
other depositions in the case are taken within the
140-day discovery period allowed by this Court's
Local Rules.

While
this action is pending, Plaintiff shall immediately inform
this Court and opposing counsel of any change of address.
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